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City authorities in Minsk have put the home of self-exiled opposition politician Valer Tsapkala up for auction as part of a broader crackdown on government critics.
A Russian man sentenced to prison on a charge of discrediting Russia's armed forces after an anti-war drawing by his teenage daughter drew attention to him was released on October 15, saying conditions inside the institution were horrible and that he fears he may not be free for long.
Journalists and observers say they were removed from polling places during Kazakhstan's October 6 referendum on building its first nuclear power plant. The official tally in the tightly controlled vote showed over 70 percent in favor of launching the project. The government has backed the plan.
A Russian military court has sentenced Ukrainian Iryna Navalna, 26, to eight years in prison on charges of attempting to commit a terrorist attack and illegal possession of weapons.
Russian opposition activist Ildar Dadin, who fought on Ukraine's side, was killed in fighting against Russian forces in Kharkiv region, former Ekho Moskvy journalist Ksenia Larina reported.
Russia has deported about 100,000 foreigners in the first half of this year, 53 percent more than in the same period last year. Some 143,00 were denied entry in a campaign mainly targeting Central Asian migrants. Back home they struggle to find jobs, despite government promises of new opportunities.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a controversial new law suspending criminal proceedings against individuals who are called up for military service or sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense to serve in the armed forces.
The Ukrainian military has confirmed that it is pulling out of the strategic city of Vuhledar in Ukraine's Donetsk region. Russian social media channels posted videos purportedly showing troops installing Russian flags over shattered buildings in the city.
Ukraine's Prosecutor-General’s Office has initiated an investigation into what it describes as the "largest mass execution" of Ukrainian "prisoners of war" by Russian troops since the start of Moscow's full-scale invasion more than 31 months ago.
An Israeli analyst had to interrupt his live interview with Current Time television as he received an air-raid alert on the evening of October 1. Political scientist and retired diplomat Michael Pellivert was speaking via video link from Israel when an Iranian missile attack started.
Some of the Russians who have poured into Finland since the war on Ukraine was launched in 2022 are learning a new profession: carpentry. The Nordic country has also targeted Russian exiles and closed its border in response to waves of people trying to escape an economy hobbled by sanctions.
Traffic came to halt in Kyiv and around Ukraine as it marks its national "Defender's Day" on October 1. Makeshift memorials in Ukraine's yellow and blue colors appeared at squares and cemeteries across the country in honor of soldiers who died in the ongoing war against invading Russian forces.
A Ukrainian father is grieving the death of his daughter after Russian shelling of a roadside store killed four people in a frontline village in the eastern Donetsk region. Current Time correspondent Andriy Kuzakov reports from Yasenove, which lies south of the strategic city of Pokrovsk.
Ukraine reported multiple injuries from overnight Russian drone attacks in a handful of regions on September 29, while Russian defense officials claimed to have shot down 125 Ukrainian drones in the latest reflection of Kyiv's increasing efforts to take the 2 1/2-year-old war to Russian territory.
Ukrainian soldiers are being treated to puppet shows to boost their morale. Valeriy Dzekh ran a popular puppet theater in Kharkiv before the war, and is now performing a new play about a man who loses and then regains his self-confidence.
Poland's Border Guard Service said its officers detained a Belarusian woman who was attempting to smuggle three illegal migrants from Iran and one from Afghanistan into Lithuania in her car.
Animals at a zoo near Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine get nervous when they hear explosions in the distance, as Russian forces advance on the town. Many people have fled the area but there's nowhere for the animals to go.
At least 17 people were reported wounded, including a child, in a Russian attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya overnight on September 22-23. Officials said guided glide bombs hit civilian apartment blocks, setting off fires.
At least two of around 20 wives and mothers of mobilized Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine have been charged with holding an unsanctioned public event after their weekend rally in front of the Defense Ministry in Moscow to demand their men be returned home.
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